Johnny is always a leader, never a follower so he wouldn’t care if everyone he knew is a Democrat it didn’t matter. He was a Republican. He worked hard and saved. That was his thing. The Ramones didn’t really ever have a big hit single so do you want to get out of The Ramones and what, get a regular job? What can you do at that point? So you have to save your money. The American dream is to make money and save your money and not depend on anyone. Johnny lived the American dream.

Do you think he would have run for office?

I think later on he would have become more political. When we moved to L.A and retired he probably would have been leaning towards something. While he was in The Ramones he never really talked about politics because it can affect your fans not liking you.